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The tech giant joins Google and IBM in predicting that a fundamental change in computing technology is much closer than recently believed. Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled a new chip that it said showed quantum computing is “years,

There isn't yet a roadmap to show Microsoft can scale its chip to the million topological qubits required to make a working quantum computer.

Discover how Microsoft’s quantum computing breakthroughs are transforming industries with the Majorana 1 chip and topological qubits.

Its Majorana 1 chip, made of a new material, can perform high-level computing tasks with greater speed and accuracy, Microsoft says.

Microsoft on Wednesday announced Majorana 1, its first quantum computing chip. The achievement comes after the company has spent nearly two decades of research in the field.

There's a type of particle called a Majorana fermion that was hypothesized in 1937. This particle has some unique properties, and it's long been theorized that Majorana particles could prove useful for quantum computing.

Microsoft says the new chip, the Microsoft Majorana 1, is "the world’s first quantum chip powered by a new Topological Core architecture" that it expects will "realize quantum computers capable of solving meaningful, industrial-scale problems in years, not decades.

Microsoft Corp. announced its first quantum computing chip, a major step in the company’s effort to produce devices that might someday solve problems beyond the reach of modern computers.

Microsoft has unveiled Majorana 1, its first quantum computing chip, aimed at deployment in datacenters.

On Wednesday, Microsoft unveiled a major scientific breakthrough that it believes will kick-start the quantum computing revolution. Majorana 1 is the world’s first quantum chip powered by Microsoft’s Topological Core architecture, a new technology that relies on a previously undiscovered state of matter.